DOD INSTRUCTION 5210.42
D
OD NUCLEAR WEAPONS PERSONNEL RELIABILITY
ASSURANCE
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics
Effective: April 27, 2016
Change 1 Effective: November 14, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Internet from the DoD
Issuances Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division
Website ate http://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and renames: DoD Instruction 5210.42, “Nuclear Weapons Personnel Reliability
Program (PRP),” July 16, 2012
Approved by: Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics
Change 1 Approved by: Judy Dahlgren, Director for Administration, for the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.01, this issuance
establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction for the management of
individuals assigned to perform specified duties associated with U.S. nuclear weapons, nuclear
command and control (NC2) systems, positive control material (PCM) and equipment, and
special nuclear material (SNM) and subject to a nuclear weapons personnel reliability
assurance program as directed in DoDD S-5210.81, DoDD 3150.02, and DoD Instruction
(DoDI) O-5210.63.
